The Last Blade
The Last Blade is a fighting game developed and published by SNK and released in arcades in 1997. It is set in a fictional version of late 19th-century Japan and features a roster of sword-wielding characters…
The Last Blade is an arcade developed by SNK, released 5 December 1997 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii and PlayStation.
What The Last Blade is
The Last Blade is an arcade game developed by SNK and released in 1997. It was published by D4 Enterprise. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, PlayStation, Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo CD, Arcade, Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), Web browser and Windows Mixed Reality. It runs on Neo Geo MVS.
The premise, in the publisher's words
"Two worlds once existed since ancient times... The world of the living, Ushyo, and the land of the dead, Tokoyo. A legendary boundary to forever separate them, The Hell's Gate, has existed since the birth of myths to keep an universal balance. There is said to be four gods that defend it: Seiryu of the East, Byakko of the West, Genbu of the North, and Suzaku of the South. They eternally perform their duty from the shadows of legend and were eventually forgotten by people as time passed. Now, it is the 'Bakumatsu'. The Tokugawa shogunate, after 200 years of reign, began to have samurai who long dulled their battle skills during the outskirts of the Heian period. People, who have long since…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and historical. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen. There are 10 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
The Last Blade holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 35% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1997 averaged 65, so it scored 5 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Pentium 4 2.4Ghz, 1 GB RAM and Intel HD Graphics. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
The Last Blade launched on 5 December 1997, within three weeks of Gran Turismo, Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, Diddy Kong Racing and Time Crisis II. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Gran Turismo, Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, Diddy Kong Racing, Time Crisis II.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Last Blade yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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